Delaware Surf

Detailed Delaware surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Delaware. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Delaware. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Delaware over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Delaware and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Delaware Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Delaware Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Delaware coastline are also listed below.

Delaware Photos

Delaware Wavefinder

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	Sun		Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Avalon 30th Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Tower Road Delaware	Bethany Delaware	52nd Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	5	9
Energy(?)	47	88	166	168	92	82	135	118	214	99	98	61	127	166	142	131	130	103	152	227	155	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:03PM 1.09		6:20AM 1.21	6:49PM 1.14		7:04AM 1.21		7:32PM 1.18	7:46AM 1.18		8:14PM 1.18	8:27AM 1.13		8:54PM 1.16	9:08AM 1.06		9:35PM 1.12	9:50AM 0.98		10:16PM 1.07	10:49AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)		12:12AM -0.09	12:51PM -0.14		1:01AM -0.11		1:34PM -0.16	1:47AM -0.12		2:13PM -0.14	2:30AM -0.10		2:50PM -0.10	3:11AM -0.06		3:24PM -0.05	3:50AM -0.01		3:57PM 0.02		4:39AM 0.06	4:48PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	2	0	-2	5	8	10	9	15	10	16	18	21	20	12	3	8	12	18	18	21	22
Low °C	2	-1	-1	-2	-1	7	9	7	12	10	12	13	20	15	5	2	3	11	17	15	17	21
Chill °C (?)	-1	-2	-6	-8	1	8	10	7	14	9	15	18	21	20	10	-2	6	11	17	17	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	8	10	10	9	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	7	10	-	15	15	14	13	13	-	12	11	-	-	6	6	5	6	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	6	5	6	-	3	-	5	5	6	5	5

	Sunday 01			Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	47	65	84	88	115	146	166	155	168	141	114	92	85	98	82	92	135	139	191	230	167	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:03PM 1.09				6:20AM 1.21				6:49PM 1.14					7:04AM 1.21				7:32PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)				12:12AM -0.09				12:51PM -0.14					1:01AM -0.11				1:34PM -0.16				1:57AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	4	2	2	2	1	-1	0	-1	-2	-2	-1	0	3	5	7	8	10	9	8	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	-1	-3	-2	-3	-5	-7	-6	-7	-8	-7	-6	-5	-1	1	4	8	10	9	6	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	6	9	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	6	10	7	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	6	6	7	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	15	-	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	8

	Sunday 01										Monday 02
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	40	48	47	47	65	65	79	84	84	82	82	88	103	113	115	125	128	146	150	168	123	100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:03PM 1.09												6:20AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)												12:12AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2
Chill °C (?)	1	1	-1	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-3	-3	-3	-5	-5	-5	-6	-6	-7	-7	-7	-7	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Delaware Surf Breaks

Bethany

beach/jetty

Dewey Beach

beach

Fenwick

beach/jetty

Indian River (Northside)

beach/jetty

Indian River (Southside)

beach/jetty

beach/groyne

beach

beach

sandbar

If you're looking for a endless haven of surf breaks then perhaps Delaware shouldn't be high on your list, never the less this part of coast does offer some decent rideable waves on a semi consistent basis. Come summer the whole coast lights up with crowds, with most of the surfable beaches being closed for surfing.

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